I would just like to say that I have had a very exciting few months and thought I would update you on some of the highlights.

我只想说，我度过了非常令人兴奋的几个月，现在我想，我应给让大家知道这几个月里有什么有趣儿的事情。

youdao

The very act of writing a specification forces you to think through the design you thought you had in your head, and helps you see the flaws in it quickly so that you can iterate and try more designs.

写功能设计规格的行为强迫你通过设计去思考你之前在你的脑中的想法，并帮助你迅速地看出缺陷，让您可以重复和尝试更多的设计方案。

youdao

Jeff: Thank you for the excellent set of questions - they were very thought provoking!

Jeff：非常感谢你提出的问题，这些问题都很精彩！

youdao

I just want to flag the thought that you can be the very same hunk of stuff, even if some of the constituent atoms have changed along the way.

我只是要树立这样一个观点,就算在过程中，改变了一些原子,还能是同一件物品。

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